We're taking a critical look at the 1945 masterpiece Carousel – maybe Rodgers & Hammerstein’s finest score, but a show that definitely hasn't aged well. What can contemporary audiences do with Julie Jordan and Billy Bigelow and their complicated and violent relationship?
We talk about...
- Billy and Julie’s complicated relationship and the idea of the “conditional love song
- The myth of redemptive suffering – and Carousel's theatrical depiction of the afterlife
- Are we more than our worst choices?
- Is it true that “you’ll never walk alone?”
- Can a problematic show with a gorgeous score be “redeemed” for contemporary audiences?
You'll hear this music from the 1956 film version of Carousel:
- Shirley Jones & Claramae Turner singing “You’ll Never Walk Alone”
- Shirley Jones singing “If I Loved You”
- Barbara Ruick, Claramae Turner, Robert Rounseville & Cameron Mitchell singing “This Was a Real Nice Clambake”
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